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March 4, 2023

Bernadette Carey Smith, Black Reporter in Mostly White Newsrooms, Dies at 83

Bernadette Carey Smith, who in the 1960s was one of the first Black women to be hired as a reporter at The New York Times and […]

March 4, 2023

Old Skills, New Rewards

There are so many good reasons to return to hobbies and activities that gave us joy when we were younger, as these reader stories show.

March 4, 2023

Judge Sentences Alex Murdaugh to Life in Prison, Condemning His ‘Lies’

For some around the state, there were questions about whether the state attorney general’s decision not to seek the death penalty had been a final moment […]

March 3, 2023

Pieces of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward’s Life Together Head to Auction

Shackles from the film “Cool Hand Luke”; a script from the 1963 comedy “A New Kind of Love”; the wedding dress that Joanne Woodward wore the […]

March 3, 2023

The Sordid Secrets of Cities

The essence of this kind of violent politics is that it happens at the local level, so I’ve also been reading about specific cities, and how […]

March 3, 2023

A New Child Care Mandate

Millions of Americans work less than they used to, or not at all, because they can’t find someone to take care of their children. The lack […]

March 3, 2023

Tennessee Becomes First State to Ban Drag Shows on Public Property

Tennessee on Thursday became the first state to sharply restrict drag performances as the state’s governor, Bill Lee, signed a bill banning the shows on public […]

March 2, 2023

E.P.A. Orders Train Operator to Test for Dioxins in Ohio Derailment

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — The Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday that it instructed the operator of the freight train that derailed near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border […]

March 2, 2023

Tornadoes Expected From Texas to Tennessee

A regional outbreak of severe thunderstorms, with damaging gusts of up to 75 miles per hour, hail as large as billiard balls or larger, and several […]